United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: South in January 2017 (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2017, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): South was 235.492 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 2.6%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

Motor fuel: 25.5%
Rent of primary residence: 3.5%
Owners' equivalent rent of residences: 2.8%

The first chart below shows the 12-month percent change in CPI-U for a selected group of item categories, and the second chart shows the CPI-U for the selected group of item categories. You can also use the control below to select your own categories to see on the chart (at most 10). The table below have data on the CPI-U: South and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in January 2017.

See links at the bottom of this page for similar information for other months. You can also see the monthly links for many other years here and for other US geographic areas here.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.

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Historical CPI-U and Inflation Rate: South, All Items (not seasonally adjusted)

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: South of Selected Categories in January 2017 (Not Seas Adj.)

Motor fuel

Energy

Rent of primary residence

Owners' equivalent rent of residenc...

All items

All items less medical care

All items less food and energy

Food

US CPI-U: South in January 2017 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

Rent of primary residence

Owners' equivalent rent of residenc...

Food

All items less food and energy

All items

All items less medical care

Motor fuel

Energy

Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: South of Selected categories in January 2017 (Not Seas Adj.)

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Item	CPI-U	12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items	235.492	2.6
Energy	188.535	12.3
All items less food	233.381	3.1
All items less food and energy	240.848	2.2
All items less shelter	226.297	2.5
All items less medical care	223.712	2.5
All items less energy	241.521	1.9
Apparel	131.261	2.8
Commodities	181.182	2.3
Energy commodities	204.425	25.0
Commodities less food	152.619	3.7
Commodities less food and beverages	150.187	3.8
Commodities less food and energy commodities	147.256	0.4
Durables	109.293	-1.0
Education and communication	136.461	-0.5
Education and communication commodities	79.36	-1.5
Education and communication services	112.692	-0.4
Food and beverages	246.452	0.1
Food	247.693	0.1
Food at home	236.101	-1.4
Alcoholic beverages	228.75	0.7
Other goods and services	416.62	1.3
Other goods	108.255	0.3
Other personal services	117.057	2.3
Housing	228.679	2.5
Shelter	261.775	2.8
Fuels and utilities	229.891	2.7
Household energy	185.703	2.6
Household furnishings and operations	121.672	0.1
Household furnishings and supplies	90.405	-0.9
Medical care	451.354	4.4
Medical care commodities	367.199	6.3
Medical care services	479.353	3.8
Nondurables	218.767	3.6
Nondurables less food	195.601	7.4
Nondurables less food and beverages	193.84	7.9
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	232.541	9.6
Nondurables less food and apparel	231.118	8.8
Recreation	116.842	0.5
Recreation commodities	80.691	-4.3
Recreation services	116.851	2.8
Services	290.153	2.8
Rent of shelter	268.694	2.8
Other services	339.88	1.0
Transportation services	336.274	5.4
Services less rent of shelter	326.209	2.8
Services less medical care services	273.123	2.7
Services less energy services	301.145	2.8
Transportation	201.201	6.7
Private transportation	199.549	7.2
Transportation commodities less motor fuel	106.246	-0.3
Food away from home	267.82	2.0
Rent of primary residence	271.433	3.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	264.106	2.8
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence	264.095	2.8
Energy services	185.954	2.6
Electricity	183.384	1.2
Utility (piped) gas service	187.842	12.6
Professional services	367.591	2.5
New and used motor vehicles	102.49	-0.3
New vehicles	155.821	1.4
Used cars and trucks	138.088	-3.6
Motor fuel	200.901	25.5
Gasoline (all types)	199.933	25.6
New cars	156.147	1.2
New cars and trucks	106.164	1.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular	195.212	26.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade	219.859	23.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium	218.88	21.2

U.S. CPI-U: South and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

Use the links below to see the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): South and 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for other months and years. Also, You can see the monthly links for many more years here.